Categories:
1. favorite food
2. hometown
3. favorite color
4. celebrity crush
5. favorite drink
6. dream vacation
7. favorite dessert
8. what I want to be when I grow up
9. name
10. what I love most in the world
11. one word that describes me
12. username
There was something oddly compelling about the process of making this--applying these arbitrarily chosen categories to myself, searching for images that resonated with me emotionally (and physically), and assembling them into a whole. And looking at the final product--all these images representing facets of my personality randomly juxtaposed, a riot of color--is strangely satisfying. Especially the ones representing id-level desires--hummus, strawberry-rhubarb pie à la mode, Yvonne Strahovski. I guess it's not really so surprising that I would enjoy looking at those, but....
I dunno. It's weird. Is there something self-aggrandizing in this? While we're at it, isn't there something self-aggrandizing about this whole blog thing? Is that the source of my ongoing discomfort with this enterprise? Why am I okay with boundless self-loathing, but uncomfortable with thinking and talking about how awesome I am?
My head hurts.
If you'd like to engage in similar angst, or just make a pretty mosaic thingy, here's how:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into this mosaic maker.
